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Wage Costs Continue To Climb

July 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) The Employment Cost Index, the broadest measure of US labor costs, rose by 0.9% in the second quarter of 2001, implying that employers are...
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Large Employers Embrace Special Health Programs

July 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Over three-fourths (77%) of large US employers surveyed now offer their employees special health programs such as disease and medical management, flu vaccinations, baby...
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Caregivers Come Up Short

July 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Women are likely to provide long-term care for others, only to be at a loss when faced with their own long-term care needs, a...
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Compensation Evolves in New Economy

July 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the new economy matures, tech companies are emulating their old economy peers in the methods used to enhance management team performance in...
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Costs of Workers Comp Claims Accelerating

July 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The costs of workers compensation claims are accelerating, with costs in California outpacing all other states researched in a recent eight-state study.
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Private Pensions Promote Earlier Retirements

July 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) The median retirement age in the US is falling perhaps encouraged by increasingly generous early retirement provisions in private sector defined benefit plans, according...
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Hire.com Launches Hiring Center

July 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recruiters can get a little help with their talent searches and hiring process with Hire.com's new applicant tracking solution, Hiring Center.
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New Site for $100k Candidate Search

July 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recruiters can now fill their $100,000 job vacancies using My Executive Profile, a new database of executive candidates from online career planning and...
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Stock Options A Mixed Bag for Middle Market

July 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Less than half (43%) of middle-market companies currently offer stock options to their employees, just outnumbering the 39% that have no plans to...
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Work Web Usage Up 23%

July 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Usage of the Internet at work increased 23% in the past year, according to Nielsen/NetRatings.
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Workplace Rated "V" For Violence

July 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) Over a quarter of US workers lack confidence in their employers ability to guard against workplace violence, a survey reveals.
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Companies Cut Cash Severance

July 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cash severance payments to terminated employees have plunged by 20% in the last four years, a recent survey finds.
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US Employers Spy on One in Three

July 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over a third of US employees with a workplace online connection are having their Internet and e-mail usage monitored continuously, according to a...